With the stand-off between the military and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) now on its 17th day, the Armed Forces announced the death toll among combatants and civilians caught in the crossfire has now reached 158.
AFP public affairs office chief Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala, in a message to the Philippines News Agency around 6 p.m., had the following breakdown:
-AFP: 15 killed, 152 wounded in action
-PNP: 5 killed, 14 wounded,
-Civilians: 13 killed, 54 wounded
-MNLF: 125 killed, 136 captured and surrendered (not included yet are the 36 who surrendered to the military earlier).
The number of captured high-powered firearms was placed at 104 and low-powered firearms at 16 with 188 hostages rescued or have escaped from their captors since the fighting began in Sept. 9.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=569715
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